Courtesy Qin Shihuangdi Mausoleum Site Museum

‘Kneeling Archer (detail),’ Qin dynasty (221–206 B.C.), earthenware, H. 491⁄16 in. (122 cm). Excavated in 1977, pit no. 2, mausoleum complex of Qin Shihuangdi (d. 210 B.C.), Lintong, Shaanxi Province. Qin Shihuangdi Mausoleum Site Museum, Lintong; on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the exhibition ‘Age of Empires: Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties’ through July 16.

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‘Kneeling Archer (detail),’ Qin dynasty (221–206 B.C.), earthenware, H. 491⁄16 in. (122 cm). Excavated in 1977, pit no. 2, mausoleum complex of Qin Shihuangdi (d. 210 B.C.), Lintong, Shaanxi Province. Qin Shihuangdi Mausoleum Site Museum, Lintong; on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the exhibition ‘Age of Empires: Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties’ through July 16.